Atopia is a
production company
A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, a ...
and
film distributor based in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...
,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...
, Canada. The company was founded in 2000 by
Pascal Maeder. During the following decade, the company produced and released a string of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films including
Daniel Cross' ''
S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks In Traffic'',
's ''
A Silent Love'',
Simon Sauve's ''
Jimmywork'',
's ''
Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi
''On the Trail of Igor Rizzi'' (french: Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) is a 2006 Canadian drama film starring Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani. The film's production companies are Atopia and StanKaz Films. The distributor is also A ...
'',
Laura Bari
Laura Bari is an Argentinian born and Montréal based filmmmaker. She studied pedagogy at Université du Québec à Montréal, specializing in psychopathology of the expression.
Her debut feature film, ''Antoine'' (2008), is an-award winning doc ...
's ''
Antoine
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin.
The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guian ...
''
's ''
Sortie 67''
as well as
André Forcier's ''
Je me souviens
() is the official motto of Quebec, and translated literally into English means: "I remember." The exact meaning of this short sentence is subject to several interpretations, though all relate to the history of the Quebec people. The motto c ...
''.
Initially launched as an online film studio
with the development of 39
episodic web films in 2001, Atopia became the first Canadian distributor to release its feature films online through early platforms such as
Jaman
Jaman was a company that offered users a movie discovery site, allowing them to browse viewing options offered across the internet.
In its previous iteration, Jaman was one of the first sites to offer view on demand of media on the internet. It ...
.
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Film production companies of Canada
Companies based in Montreal
Film distributors of Canada
Entertainment companies established in 2000
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